PART 7MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL

Enhancement and conservation of the Chilterns National Landscape

54.—(1) Having regard to the duty under section 85 of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000, upon service of the notice referred to in article 44(1), the undertaker will make a funding contribution to the Chilterns Conservation Board in the sum of £250,000.

(2) The Chilterns Conservation Board is to allocate the funding contribution referred to in paragraph (1) to one or more projects which—

(a)further the purposes of conserving or enhancing the Chilterns National Landscape; and

(b)are consistent with the Chilterns AONB Management Plan 2019-2024 (or any superseding or equivalent document).

(3) Upon any allocation of funding in accordance with paragraph (2), the Chilterns Conservation Board is to notify the undertaker about the project which is in receipt of the funding and provide the undertaker with such information about the project as the undertaker may reasonably request.

(4) In this article, the “Chilterns Conservation Board” includes any successor body which performs its functions and duties.